Clarion 1946-12-06 Vol 26 No 05

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Vol. XXVI — No. 5
Bethel College and Seminary, St. Paul, Minn. December 6, 1946
AS ROSY Freshman Class Sponsors Concert SEES IT
Tita eveifi0f Local Artists ril P4494am To Be Presented
By Rosenquist
Here's a bit of advice from Earn-est
A. Houton, Harvard anthropol-ogist,
regarding matrimony. Wo-men
should marry the "Butter-ball"
type who naturally enjoy eat-ing,
comforts and informality. This
news should work up some appe-tite
with the men....
We all know that Christmas
isn't far away and so does the bus-iness
man. St. Paul stores say the
rush is already on. Here is an ex-ample
of what one toy manufac-turer
is doing this year. To get
the Lionel train catalog distribut-ed
in time for the Christmas shop
pers, Lionel went so far as to have
"Liberty" magazine publish their
catalog as a 16 page ad, making it
the largest ad a national weekly
had ever produced.
The well known Nobel Prize
awards for science in physics,
were all won by Americans in the
1946 presentation. Germany, in
1905, was the only other nation
ever to receive all three awards in
any one year. Noteworthy Is the
fact that none of the awards were
connected with the atomic bomb.
Most likely the scientists don't
want to be associated with It.
* * *
From a summary of news receiv-ed
from Washington's new leaders,
the administration has been busy
mapping out the following strate-gy
for the Nation. Taxes will have
a 20 per cent cut to eveyone in-cluding
the rich. The Republicans
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"That Zoology test sure was a
stinker." "I suppose you thought
the Greek test was a picnic, and
besides, don't say 'stink.' It's not
polite." "Why isn't it? It's right
in the Bible, in Jahn 11:39."
So ends another thrilling episode
in the lives of Bethel students as
the curtain falls on examination
week. It was supposed to prove
something, but no one seems to
know just what.
There are two camps of opinion
regarding examinations. Some
think we should have school with-out
examinations, others think we
should have examinations without
school. Everyone except the ad-ministration
agrees that both are
too much.
There is even a divergence of
opinion on examination types. One
of the students in Communications
Commuters' Club
Has First Party
The Commuters' Club went on a
sort of busman's holiday on Fri-day
evening November 22, when
that organization held its first
meeting for off-campus students.
The School Dining Hall had a
street-car atmosphere for the eve-ning
and as each member arrived
at the door he was handed a trans-fer
ticket for use during the pro-
(Continued on page 3)
class discussed objective examina-tions
in the following terms:
"A college is becoming increas-ingly
like a sausage machine. Text-books
and students go in at one
door and strings of moulded hu-manity
come out at the other. Men
and women are not expected to
hold opinions or to think for them-selves.
The requirements are that
they learn the text like parrots and
are prepared to supply the missing
words at examinations. Opinions
are left in the closet with the hat
and gloves as the student is tos-sed
into the mould to conform to
the shape of the text-book views
and to think as does the author
until he can correctly reply to the
catechism of truth and falsehood.
Faultless memories graduate, cer-tified
objects of an objective ex-amination."
Come, come, let's not be bitter.
Dorm Council
For Men Start d
A meeting was called for the
men living in the two dormitories
on Friday, November 22nd. Dean
Carlson presided over the meeting,
stressing the need of the students
having a self-governing organiza
tion similar to that which the wo-men
have. He also stressed that
the administration is responsible
to the denomination for the
school's conduct which necessita-tes
the administration having a
final say.
The Dean then proceeded to
read the constitution of the self-governing
Bethel Women's Asso-ciation
so that the men could get
an idea of how to form their own
constitution. The Dean recom-mended
a set pattern on which the
men should organize and that they
should plan a long range policy.
Bill Lindroth was elected tem-porary
chairman and Vernie Stone-berg
temporary secretary. At that
time Lindroth took over leadership
of the meeting.
A nomination committee consist-ing
of four representatives from
the college and two representa-tives
from the Seminary were elec-ted.
Seven men were elected to draw
a constitution for the new organi-zation.
The two committees will
choose their own chairmen.
Dean Carlson closed the meet-ing
in prayer.
The Freshman Class is present-ing
a semi-formal concert tonight
at eight o'clock in the college
chapc.l. The featured soloists are
Adora Norlander, soprano; and Ax-el
Gummeson, pianist. They will
present an interesting program
cLosen from the works of classical
and sacred composers.
Both art'sts are well known to
loc 1 audiences. M:ss Norlander
has appcar:d everal times at Min
Ica o:is and St. Paul Youth for
hri. ralics with great success.
..Imm son, besides being an
e relleilt pi.- nist is also a com-pose
of considerable ability. Sev
er .1 of his compos•Cons and ar
rang -monts of familiar hymn
tunes will be featured on tonight's
rogram.
The program is dividod into two
parts. The first half will be open-ed
by a group of piano numbers by
the great Polish composer, Chopin.
Miss Norlander will then sing two
songs and Mr. Gummeson will con-clude
this part of the program
with four original pieces for piano
solo.
After the intermission, sacred
songs by Rathbun, Knapp, Pietro
(Continued on page 4)
Students Give
Food for Needy
The special chapel service on
Tuesday morning, Nov. 26th spon-sored
by the Freshman class car-ried
out the theme of Thanksgiv-ing.
Jim Hoff led the singing and
directed the service. The 100th
Psalm was read and in line with
it's message John Soneson render-ed
a solo, and a trio of Freshman
girls, Betty Jo Greenman, Grace
Gustafson and Mary Martin, sang
"Wonderful Love."
The male chorus offered two in-spiring
selections, the Welsh cor-al
song of praise, "Laudamus"
and "Where Cross the Crowded
Ways of Life."
The concluding message was the
reading of "The Boy with the
Lunch" by Miss Berthel.
Gifts of canned foods and money
were collected to be given to needy
families on Thanksgiving Day. The
offering of $123.50 was used to buy
more food to be given with the
donations. Fourteen baskets of
canned and perishable foods were
prepared.
Raindrop Prelude Chopin
Valse in C sharp Minor Chopin
Polonaise Militaire Chopin
Polonaise in A flat Major
II
Let My Song Fill Your Heart
Charles
Sing Me To Sleep
Greene
III
Malaguena-Lecuona Gummeson
Mystic Pool Gummeson
Impromptu in A Minor Gummoso:i
Theme and Variations on Varmland Gummeson
IV
I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say Rathbu
)pen the Gates Knap
Gesu Bambino P:ctro A. ' on
V
The Love of God arr. Gumme_on
Gospel Medley arr. Gummeson
Shout the Battle Cry arr. Gummeson
The Fight Is On arr. Gummeson
VI
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ettid in the
Need Stressed
For Improved
Music Listening
Why is it that most people are
reluctant to admit to an apprecia-tion
of fine music? Bethel needs
a place where students may listen
to fine music, both religious and
classical, apart from distractions.
We have an active music depart-ment
but in the last analysis mu-sic
is a spectator rather than a
participant mode of recreation.
Most of us would rather listen to
the New York Philharmonic, Men-huin,
or the Fuller quartet than
try to make the music ourselves.
The situation now is this: There
is a radio - phonograph in the
lounge of the girls' dorm, which is
available to the male students only
rarely. The instrument has a bass
boost like a juke box that cuts out
the overtones, there are no good
needles and almost the only classi-cal
records are album after album
of Bach fugues. Bach is all right
if not taken in such large doses.
There are exceedingly few religi-ous
records. To top it off, there
is generally so much noise in the
lounge that it is difficult to hear
the music and totally impossible
to fully appreciate it.
When the new dormitory is fur-nished
there will very likely be a
-radio-phonograph installed in the
lounge. Now is the time to plan
for a good one with a true tone,
and plan for a place to put it. The
record library need not be exten-sive
but it should be varied.
A radio-phonograph will be in-stalled
if students request it. Your
student council representative is
in position to make known your
request to the proper authorities.
A group of students gathered
around the fireplace of the girls
dorm last Friday night for an old-fashioned
"Hymn Sing."
The hymns were sung to the ac-companiment
of guitars, played by
Bob Haring and Lewis Schultz.
Bud Peterson led the singing and
a short testimony.
Plans are being made for more
singspirations of this kind.
Ironside Tells
Of God's Mercy
This is the first in a series of
articles written especially for the
CLARION by some of the great
men of God.
As I look back over a ministry
of some fifty-five years, I am im-pressed
more than ever with the
marvelous way in which the Liv-ing
God has demonstrated His care
for His servant under many varied
circumstances. Others may ques-tion
whether the Lord really ans-wers
prayer or not e but there have
been too many positive proofs in
my own experience to permit me
to question for a moment His deep
interest in His own, and His de-light
to undertake for us when we
cast all our cares upon Him.
Through His infinite grace, I was
saved as a lad of about fourteen
years of age and began preaching
very shortly afterwards, impelled
to tell out to others that Gospel
which meant so much to me. In
my early ministry I was often ex-posed
to most difficult circumstan-ces;
but in a way that was nothing
short of miraculous God interven-ed
again and again in answer to
prayer, and now as I have passed
my seventieth birthday and look
back over all the way I have come,
I am. more convinced than ever of
he reality not only of the divine
providence, but of God's particular
concern for each individual be-liever
who has put his trust in
Him. I can truly say that I have
proven experimentally that "the
path of the just is as the shining
light that shineth brighter and
brighter unto the perfect day," and
I can say with the psalmist, as I
look back over the years, that
"goodness and mercy have follow-ed
me all the days of my life" and
as I look forward to the future I
am . sure that "I shall dwell in the
house of the Lord forever."
Dr. H. A. Ironside
Clarence Britton was the victim
of pocket-picking in the vicinity of
University and Snelling on Novem-ber
16. In addition to identifica-tion
papers he lost 61 dollars.
ROSY
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even think they can carve off some
of our 261.9 billion dollar national
debt. That, I believe, encroaches
the realm of miracles! Various
Congressmen estimate that the
budget can be cut anywhere from
nine to thirteen billion dollars.
Budget experts on the other hand
claim it can't be done.
Regarding controls, they state
the government controls will be
eliminated as rapidly as is prac-ticable,
which will include the
President's war powers. Also the
housing program will be investi-gated
plus the reduction in short-ages
of fats, oils, sugar and soap.
More soap perhaps, to clean up the
national muddle!
data'
ifiebitationg
Most of the fruits of the Spirit
can be summed up • in the word
Friendliness. We know how great
a Friend was—and is—our Master.
Friendliness is love brought down
to earth, and of what value is any
spiritual virtue or attainment if it
is not practiced so? How bitter
and tragic were the experiences of
Job, Elijah, Joseph, Isaiah, Paul,
and most other great men of God
— including our Lord Himself —
when they had to say, "No man
stood by me." If Confucious were
a Christian he might have said, "A
true Christian is a true friend."
.Job had three "friends." They
did not bear Job's burdens but
added to them. "They had found
no answer, and yet had condemn-ed
Job" (Job 32:3). Sometimes it
is easier to condemn a friend than
find an answer to his problems!
But Job was a true friend for
"He prayed for his friends" (Job
42 : 10) .
Perhaps we cannot yet be as he
"a friend of publicans and sin-ners,"
but we perhaps can begin
by improving our friendliness to
those around us where we are.
The proof of self sacrifice to God
is sacrifice to others. Then shall
we be yet more like Him, "A
friend that sticketh closer than a
brother."
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souled shylock you bloated capi-talist
if things had been left to you i
wouldnt have had any thanksgiv-ing
at all luckily some kind friends
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last week look im laughing
and you wouldnt do me even the
simple favor of breaking it up i
think ill quit then youll be sorry
even if youc subscribers wont
boss why ‘do you let such people
as cal bigfeet into your office he
never looks where he steps and
types up the corniest jokes and
poems then he leaves them in the
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By President Wingblade
Has it ever occurred to you what
infinite possibilities lie vested un-der
God—in your one life?
It was the bard of Avon who
pointed out how far one little
candle could cast its beams. "So
shines a good deed in a naughty
world." One little match can set
a vast rubbish heap or an apart-ment
building ablaze, — and one
man, afire with God, can set a
country side aglow.
When the torch of persecution
was being applied to the consecrat-ed
bodies of Latimer and Ridley,
the former spake those immortal
words: "Be of good cheer, friend
Ridley, for this day we shall light
such a fire in England as shall
never be put out." And so we can-not
emphasize too strongly what
God can do with one man who is
unreservedly submitted to His
light and leading.
The Bible tells us that the spirit
of man is the candle of the Lord.
Once lit by the Holy Spirit, that
candle burns and sets other human
spirits aglow—ad infinitum. And
so we have the haystack prayer
meetings of the Williams college
students, which flamed around the
world in modern missions—and is
still burning in countless young
lives today.
We believe that there are many
hearts at Bethel this year that
have been thus kindled and will
thus flame forth as integral parts
of God's eternal purpose for men—
for time and eternity.
Dorm Furnished
As Memorials
Contributions sufficient to fur-nish
several double rooms, the li-brary
and the lounge of the new
men's dormitory have been so far
received. These gifts are in the
form of memorials given by rela-tives
of men killed in the war.
Churches have also contributed.
Plaques will be hung in the
rooms giving the particulars of the
memorial. About 30 rooms remain
to be finished.
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there is meter in rhyme
there is meter in tone
but the best kind of meter
is to meter alone
tell him the clarion is a high-class
paper
say boss next time you go down
to the hospital lab bring me back
a handful of brains
look if you want to improve the
paper why dont you ask people to
write letters to the editor maybe
therell be some you can print and
people will get loads off their
chests
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to try it why dont you take
a mouthful of water and sit on a
stove till it boils
archie the cockroach
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Chapel Quotes
The work of the Lord Jesus will
remain solid and pure. There are
more Christians in Assam than
correspondingly in the rest of In
dia. They love the Lord and it's
a joy to be in India with the Chris
tians. Herman Tegenfeldt
There is only one thing that can
harden the human heart as can
sin. It comes unconsciously to do
things that break up the hard
heart and then sow the seed.
Walter Olson
When prayer is secret, humble
and definite then it is successful.
Paul Meyer
The daily experience with Christ
makes the day different.
Walter Olson
Be not conformed to this world
but be ye conformed to Christ
only. Live a Christ-like life; have
the Gold of the Gospel in your
hands. Anderson
He helps us not only in our cru-cial
times and needs, but also on
our everyday needs. Christ will
abide in us if we abide in him.
Walk a life that's worthy of him
who loves and loved us enough to
die for us.
Reuben Holm
You must have a goal for your
life; a conviction concerning life;
and you must have a captain of
your life. Let Christ be your cap-tain.
Lloyd Sprecher
Glorify God by praise, consecra-tion,
fruit bearing and good works.
Return to God the glory and praise
that is due to him.
Semiens
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Harold Christensen, sophomore
class president, is literally "sprout-ing
wings." A hobby that is pay-ing
off is his piloting. Chris spent
three and a half years in the Ar-my
Air Corps, and during that
time decided on his lifework. He
intends to go into the field of mis-sionary
aviation the Lord willing.
Muskegon, Michigan is Chris'
home town, where he is a member
of the Lakeside Baptist Church.
Before he joined the service he
worked as an accountant for an
engineering company and attended
Muskegon Junior College.
This past summer Chris was
kept busy flying with the Victory
Sky Pilots at the Bible Conference
in Winona Lake, Indiana.
His plans for further education
are necessarily very tentative de-pending
on where he • can receive
training in this new field of Chirs-tian
service. He hopes to attend
Bob Jones College next year in
further preparation for the Lord's
service.
Sem Is Quiet As
Last Men Move
Into New Dorm
The living quarters in the base
ment of the Seminary has had an
appreciable loss in inhabitants
with the completion of the first
floor of the Men's Dormitory.
There remain but about a dozen.
Those remaining are waiting for
the completion of the Married
Couple's Apartments so that they
can occupy rooms in the Seminary
Dorm now being occupied by the
married couples. Two men re
maining in the "Rat-hole" by
which it is known, are waiting for
the apartments to be finished so
that they and their wives can
move in.
There was however some excite
ment before the men left for their
new home. A fortnight ago some-one
suggested getting some ice
cream to eat although it was after
eleven in the evening. They were
still eating ice cream at one
o'clock in the morning. For two
days the fad for eating even turn-ed
to such things as pickled her
ring and pigs feet. One fellow was
heard saying, after the feast "That
tasted good even if it did kick up
quite a stink."
Special Evangelistic services are
being held at Bethany Baptist
Church, St. Paul, in the weeks
from January 5 through January
19. Dr. M. R. Siemans from the
First Baptist Church in Eau Claire
will be the speaker. Prayer is re-quested
for these meetings.
His intensive conce—tration on
being congenial to everyone alike
has undoubtedly won Bob Nelson
his office of freshman class press
dent. He bases his admirable trait
on his life verse I Peter 2:9:
"That ye should show forth the
praises of Him who hath called
you out of darkness into His mar-velous
light."
Bob hails from Des Moines, Io-wa,
originally, but more recently
from a stretch of duty in the Na-vy.
He attended Bethel in 1943
but quit to enlist in the service.
He felt called to the ministry in
1941 while at a youth camp in
Iowa, and in 1943 felt a more defi-nite
leading to the foreign field.
At present, he is intent only on
finishing school and letting the
Lord lead as He will.
In the Penn Avenue Baptist
Church in Des Moines, Bob held
the position of vice president of
the B. Y. P. U., and in August of
this year was elected president of
the Iowa State Young People.
Coffee Shop Does
Rushing Business
Approximately 5 0 0 customers
keep happy in Bethel's Coffee
Shop by consuming 300 cheerios
daily and varying amounts of cake,
pie, coffee and candy.
"Just after Chapel" is the busi-est
time, according to Mrs. Gus
Lundberg, proprietor. Students
dash in for a cup of coffee and a
hurried bismark, but often linger
to hear the last campus news and
wind up by ordering pie a la mode.
They manage to keep Mrs. Lund
berg and six helpers working to
meet their needs in the course of
a week. Gay spirits usually pre-vail
and patrons willingly return
dirty dishes to the counter.
Commuting students bring their
lunches and settle comfortably
while they munch amid the clatter
and chatter of the place. Tables
occasionally do service as ros-trums
upon which aspiring soloists
contribute such choice classics as
"Home on the Range." Confusing,
but amusing . . . don't shove . . .
Next please .. .
COMMUTERS
(Continued from page 1)
gram of games. The program was
in the charge of Martha and Bert
Rutan, Ruth Bridges and Phyllis
Ashbaugh, while Bill Brice and
Bernie Thurson were responsible
for the decorations.
Closing the evening with devo-tions,
Professor Swan Engwall,
who is the Faculty Adviser to the
group, gave what is to be the first
of a series of meditations on the
lines of the hymn "Take Time Tb
Be Holy."
Future meetings of the Club will
be held at convenient centers in
the cities.
Pre- season Game
Evenly Matched
Friday, November 22, the Bethel
Indians defeated an Edgewater
Baptist team from Chicago by a
score of 49-41. The contest was
typical of many pre-season games.
Numerous shots were missed by
both teams and the passing was
erratic. The conference standing
will not be affected by this - game.
Dischinger opened the scoring
for Bethel, but Yates of Edgewa-ter
sank a right-handed shot to tie
the score. Neither team was able
to build a substantial lead, and at
halftime Edgewater led 22-20. Dur-ing
the third quarter the Red and
White tallied 14 points while hold-ing
the church team to 8.
Early in the fourth period Edge-water
came within two points of
tying the score but baskets by
Sandberg, Sandin, E. Johnson, and
R. Johnson gave Bethel an 8 point
lead.
Wesiberg and K. Wahlgren led
the losers in scoring with 12 and
10 .points .respectively. Sandin,
captain and guard, led an evenly
distributed scoring column with 3
field goals and 2 gift shots. Sub-stitutions
were frequent through-out
the game. The Bethel players
made 7 free throws out of 14 at-tempts
and were called on 14 in-fractions.
Edgewater had 10 fouls
.called and made 9 out of 17 free
throws.
Tuesday morning, Nov. 19, all
the men were asked to leave the
chapel and a program was present-ed
to the girls by the B. W. A.
Becky Iosty, president of the or-ganization,
spoke for a few min-uets
on the purpose of the B. W.
A. and presented the officers and
cabinet members.
Dr. G. A. Hagstrom spoke to the
men of the school in the gym. His
topic was in regard to the respon-sibility
of men in the world.
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A. Yon, and Allitsen will be sung
by Miss Norlander while Mr. Gum-meson
will play- several of his own
arrangements of famous hymn
tunes.
Miss Adora Norlander, who has
inspired many Youth for Christ
audiences, has a testimony in
words as well as in song. She be-gan
singing for Youth for Christ
just two years ago today. George
Wilson had heard her sing in
church and had asked her to sing
and give her testimony on a Youth
for Christ program one Saturday
night. After her first appearance
she was signed up as staff soloist.
Miss Norlander accepted Christ
during Bible school at the age of
13 and her hope is that she will be
able to keep her voice for the Lord
for many years to come. She re-lated
an experience that occured
within this last year that convinc-ed
her that the Lord wants to USt3
her. Often she has had to request
absence from her employment at
the telephone company to travel to
Youth for Christ engagements and
each time such leave was given to
her. She was promoted to one of
the highest ranking jobs in the
company on condition that she
would be unable to secure these
leaves. Miss Norlander having tir-ed
of traveling continually and
thrilled with the promotion ac-cepted.
For four days and four
nights she had no peace. Before
she was able to talk with her su-pervisor,
he told her he knew she
didn't want the job under those
circumstances, and remarked too,
that he had noticed a change in
her since she had accepted the
position.
Axel Gummeson, one of the art-ists
for the Semi-formal Concert,
December 6th, is the former piano
student of Miss Alice R. Anderson.
Axel studied for six years and
then, like most men, his career
was interrupted by the war. He
spent 33 months in the 9th Army
overseas. During this time, he pur-sued
his career by continually
practicing. When Lt. Gen. Simp-son
of the American 9th Army
held a dinner at Brunswick, Ger-many
in honor of the commanding
General of the Russian 33rd Ukra-nian
Army, Axel presented a
short concert for the occasion.
At the present time, he is at-tending
the University of Minne-sota.
His curriculum consists of
History of Music, Mediaeval His-tory
and Norwegian. Besides, he
is kept busy using his talent in
Christian services and other ap-propriate
occasions in the twin
cities.
Axel is truly a born musician.
Among the numbers on the pro-gram
for the concert there will be
three of his own compositions:
"Mystic Pool," "Impromptu in A
Minor," "Theme and Variations on
Varmland," and "Malaguena-Lecu-ona."
THAT the faculty were unable
to join the St. Paul school-teach-ers'
strike because time was • too
short for Mr. Malmstein to launcn
a special appeal for the purchase
of sandwich-boards for the pickets.
THAT Prof. Norstrom has a sci-entific
solution to the John Lewis
problem. He would use as a source
of heat the hot air liberated by the
politicians in their electioneering
reactions. While the Student
Council is considering the idea
the Professor is going ahead with
two bunsen burners as an alterna-tive
method of heating the labora-tory.
THAT Prof. Anderson includes
Cupid among the catalysts because
he causes a reaction but does not
take part in it.
THAT so keen were the French
students that they paid for their
test papers as well as completing
them.
THAT a cat attended the history
lecture but a dog turned up for
the quiz period.
Students Hear
Wallace Party .
The triple - octave chimes, one
of the six such instruments in the
world, was heard at the chapel
session on November 15th when
the Rev. and Mrs. Niel Wallace
. were present with some of their
musical instruments. The party,
which included Miss D. Hamilton,
was introduced by Mr. Ellsworth,
of the St. Paul Union Gospel Mis-sion,
under whose auspices the mu-sicians
were visiting the city. A
program including selections on
the chimes and on the vibra-harp
was greatly appreciated and the
interest of students was evidenced.
Dischinger Is
Proud Father
John Dischinger, a freshman in
the college, became the father of a
boy, Roger Curtis, on November 8.
By the time that John got home
his son was already 9 hours old,
however John remained at home
with his wife and son for several
days. He will be staying at Bethel
alone until the Married Couple's
Apartments are completed. His
wife, Frances, and son, Roger, will
be staying in Chicago.
John said, "The responsibilities
as a father rest heavily on my
shoulders."
His wife lived at the Chicago
Klingberg Children's Home for
eight years. John met her at Em-erald
Baptist Church in Chicago.
THAT examination week recall-ed
the declaration made by Dean
Carlson at the beginning of the
quarter that going to school was a
full union week.
THAT Miss Berglund's explana-tion
of the preterite tense is "the
bell rang, and then stopped rang-ing."
THAT Dean Carlson's opinion
that exam week is one of greatest
mirth raises protest—me thinks he
is confusing mirth with hysteria.
THAT even a draft dodger could
never tie Mr. Engwall's experience
with the armed forces. In 1917 he
volunteered as an ambulance driv-er,
but wasn't accepted because he
wasn't an American citizen yet. He
went to the Swedish Consul, but
they rejected him, because he had
his first papers for American citi-zenship.
Even the French Consul
couldn't help. When his draft num-ber
came up, he was •a minister
and wasn't called. He applied for
a chaplaincy—his papers of accep-tance
arrived. When? The day the
armistice was signed!
All new seminary students have
been individually interviewed by
the faculty this week, in line with
an annual custom.
Dec. 6—Semi-Formal Concert
Dec. 8—Bethel Day at Bethlehem,
Baptist
Dec. 9—Basketball (Beth el at
Worthington)
Dec. 10—Alexis
—Faculty-Staff outing
Dec. 13—M issionary Band
Dec. 14—Basketball (Northwestern
at Bethel—men and girls)
—Mpls. Youth For Christ
(Christmas Choral Program)
Dec. 19—Basketball ( B et h e 1 at
Concordia)
Dec. 20-5:30 P.M. Christmas va-cation
begins
LeRoy Hagstrom, a student of
the college, has discontinued his
studies here to return to his form-er
occupation in the machinest
trade. He will make his home in
Hamden, Conn., with his wife and
child.
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The Clarion
Betiget's Vaal Schaal /aped
Vol. XXVI — No. 5
Bethel College and Seminary, St. Paul, Minn. December 6, 1946
AS ROSY Freshman Class Sponsors Concert SEES IT
Tita eveifi0f Local Artists ril P4494am To Be Presented
By Rosenquist
Here's a bit of advice from Earn-est
A. Houton, Harvard anthropol-ogist,
regarding matrimony. Wo-men
should marry the "Butter-ball"
type who naturally enjoy eat-ing,
comforts and informality. This
news should work up some appe-tite
with the men....
We all know that Christmas
isn't far away and so does the bus-iness
man. St. Paul stores say the
rush is already on. Here is an ex-ample
of what one toy manufac-turer
is doing this year. To get
the Lionel train catalog distribut-ed
in time for the Christmas shop
pers, Lionel went so far as to have
"Liberty" magazine publish their
catalog as a 16 page ad, making it
the largest ad a national weekly
had ever produced.
The well known Nobel Prize
awards for science in physics,
were all won by Americans in the
1946 presentation. Germany, in
1905, was the only other nation
ever to receive all three awards in
any one year. Noteworthy Is the
fact that none of the awards were
connected with the atomic bomb.
Most likely the scientists don't
want to be associated with It.
* * *
From a summary of news receiv-ed
from Washington's new leaders,
the administration has been busy
mapping out the following strate-gy
for the Nation. Taxes will have
a 20 per cent cut to eveyone in-cluding
the rich. The Republicans
(Continued on page 2)
"That Zoology test sure was a
stinker." "I suppose you thought
the Greek test was a picnic, and
besides, don't say 'stink.' It's not
polite." "Why isn't it? It's right
in the Bible, in Jahn 11:39."
So ends another thrilling episode
in the lives of Bethel students as
the curtain falls on examination
week. It was supposed to prove
something, but no one seems to
know just what.
There are two camps of opinion
regarding examinations. Some
think we should have school with-out
examinations, others think we
should have examinations without
school. Everyone except the ad-ministration
agrees that both are
too much.
There is even a divergence of
opinion on examination types. One
of the students in Communications
Commuters' Club
Has First Party
The Commuters' Club went on a
sort of busman's holiday on Fri-day
evening November 22, when
that organization held its first
meeting for off-campus students.
The School Dining Hall had a
street-car atmosphere for the eve-ning
and as each member arrived
at the door he was handed a trans-fer
ticket for use during the pro-
(Continued on page 3)
class discussed objective examina-tions
in the following terms:
"A college is becoming increas-ingly
like a sausage machine. Text-books
and students go in at one
door and strings of moulded hu-manity
come out at the other. Men
and women are not expected to
hold opinions or to think for them-selves.
The requirements are that
they learn the text like parrots and
are prepared to supply the missing
words at examinations. Opinions
are left in the closet with the hat
and gloves as the student is tos-sed
into the mould to conform to
the shape of the text-book views
and to think as does the author
until he can correctly reply to the
catechism of truth and falsehood.
Faultless memories graduate, cer-tified
objects of an objective ex-amination."
Come, come, let's not be bitter.
Dorm Council
For Men Start d
A meeting was called for the
men living in the two dormitories
on Friday, November 22nd. Dean
Carlson presided over the meeting,
stressing the need of the students
having a self-governing organiza
tion similar to that which the wo-men
have. He also stressed that
the administration is responsible
to the denomination for the
school's conduct which necessita-tes
the administration having a
final say.
The Dean then proceeded to
read the constitution of the self-governing
Bethel Women's Asso-ciation
so that the men could get
an idea of how to form their own
constitution. The Dean recom-mended
a set pattern on which the
men should organize and that they
should plan a long range policy.
Bill Lindroth was elected tem-porary
chairman and Vernie Stone-berg
temporary secretary. At that
time Lindroth took over leadership
of the meeting.
A nomination committee consist-ing
of four representatives from
the college and two representa-tives
from the Seminary were elec-ted.
Seven men were elected to draw
a constitution for the new organi-zation.
The two committees will
choose their own chairmen.
Dean Carlson closed the meet-ing
in prayer.
The Freshman Class is present-ing
a semi-formal concert tonight
at eight o'clock in the college
chapc.l. The featured soloists are
Adora Norlander, soprano; and Ax-el
Gummeson, pianist. They will
present an interesting program
cLosen from the works of classical
and sacred composers.
Both art'sts are well known to
loc 1 audiences. M:ss Norlander
has appcar:d everal times at Min
Ica o:is and St. Paul Youth for
hri. ralics with great success.
..Imm son, besides being an
e relleilt pi.- nist is also a com-pose
of considerable ability. Sev
er .1 of his compos•Cons and ar
rang -monts of familiar hymn
tunes will be featured on tonight's
rogram.
The program is dividod into two
parts. The first half will be open-ed
by a group of piano numbers by
the great Polish composer, Chopin.
Miss Norlander will then sing two
songs and Mr. Gummeson will con-clude
this part of the program
with four original pieces for piano
solo.
After the intermission, sacred
songs by Rathbun, Knapp, Pietro
(Continued on page 4)
Students Give
Food for Needy
The special chapel service on
Tuesday morning, Nov. 26th spon-sored
by the Freshman class car-ried
out the theme of Thanksgiv-ing.
Jim Hoff led the singing and
directed the service. The 100th
Psalm was read and in line with
it's message John Soneson render-ed
a solo, and a trio of Freshman
girls, Betty Jo Greenman, Grace
Gustafson and Mary Martin, sang
"Wonderful Love."
The male chorus offered two in-spiring
selections, the Welsh cor-al
song of praise, "Laudamus"
and "Where Cross the Crowded
Ways of Life."
The concluding message was the
reading of "The Boy with the
Lunch" by Miss Berthel.
Gifts of canned foods and money
were collected to be given to needy
families on Thanksgiving Day. The
offering of $123.50 was used to buy
more food to be given with the
donations. Fourteen baskets of
canned and perishable foods were
prepared.
Raindrop Prelude Chopin
Valse in C sharp Minor Chopin
Polonaise Militaire Chopin
Polonaise in A flat Major
II
Let My Song Fill Your Heart
Charles
Sing Me To Sleep
Greene
III
Malaguena-Lecuona Gummeson
Mystic Pool Gummeson
Impromptu in A Minor Gummoso:i
Theme and Variations on Varmland Gummeson
IV
I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say Rathbu
)pen the Gates Knap
Gesu Bambino P:ctro A. ' on
V
The Love of God arr. Gumme_on
Gospel Medley arr. Gummeson
Shout the Battle Cry arr. Gummeson
The Fight Is On arr. Gummeson
VI
The Lord Is My Light Alit - en
stude.ts n value er..and.;
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Page 2 THE CLARION
ettid in the
Need Stressed
For Improved
Music Listening
Why is it that most people are
reluctant to admit to an apprecia-tion
of fine music? Bethel needs
a place where students may listen
to fine music, both religious and
classical, apart from distractions.
We have an active music depart-ment
but in the last analysis mu-sic
is a spectator rather than a
participant mode of recreation.
Most of us would rather listen to
the New York Philharmonic, Men-huin,
or the Fuller quartet than
try to make the music ourselves.
The situation now is this: There
is a radio - phonograph in the
lounge of the girls' dorm, which is
available to the male students only
rarely. The instrument has a bass
boost like a juke box that cuts out
the overtones, there are no good
needles and almost the only classi-cal
records are album after album
of Bach fugues. Bach is all right
if not taken in such large doses.
There are exceedingly few religi-ous
records. To top it off, there
is generally so much noise in the
lounge that it is difficult to hear
the music and totally impossible
to fully appreciate it.
When the new dormitory is fur-nished
there will very likely be a
-radio-phonograph installed in the
lounge. Now is the time to plan
for a good one with a true tone,
and plan for a place to put it. The
record library need not be exten-sive
but it should be varied.
A radio-phonograph will be in-stalled
if students request it. Your
student council representative is
in position to make known your
request to the proper authorities.
A group of students gathered
around the fireplace of the girls
dorm last Friday night for an old-fashioned
"Hymn Sing."
The hymns were sung to the ac-companiment
of guitars, played by
Bob Haring and Lewis Schultz.
Bud Peterson led the singing and
a short testimony.
Plans are being made for more
singspirations of this kind.
Ironside Tells
Of God's Mercy
This is the first in a series of
articles written especially for the
CLARION by some of the great
men of God.
As I look back over a ministry
of some fifty-five years, I am im-pressed
more than ever with the
marvelous way in which the Liv-ing
God has demonstrated His care
for His servant under many varied
circumstances. Others may ques-tion
whether the Lord really ans-wers
prayer or not e but there have
been too many positive proofs in
my own experience to permit me
to question for a moment His deep
interest in His own, and His de-light
to undertake for us when we
cast all our cares upon Him.
Through His infinite grace, I was
saved as a lad of about fourteen
years of age and began preaching
very shortly afterwards, impelled
to tell out to others that Gospel
which meant so much to me. In
my early ministry I was often ex-posed
to most difficult circumstan-ces;
but in a way that was nothing
short of miraculous God interven-ed
again and again in answer to
prayer, and now as I have passed
my seventieth birthday and look
back over all the way I have come,
I am. more convinced than ever of
he reality not only of the divine
providence, but of God's particular
concern for each individual be-liever
who has put his trust in
Him. I can truly say that I have
proven experimentally that "the
path of the just is as the shining
light that shineth brighter and
brighter unto the perfect day," and
I can say with the psalmist, as I
look back over the years, that
"goodness and mercy have follow-ed
me all the days of my life" and
as I look forward to the future I
am . sure that "I shall dwell in the
house of the Lord forever."
Dr. H. A. Ironside
Clarence Britton was the victim
of pocket-picking in the vicinity of
University and Snelling on Novem-ber
16. In addition to identifica-tion
papers he lost 61 dollars.
ROSY
(Continued from page 1)
even think they can carve off some
of our 261.9 billion dollar national
debt. That, I believe, encroaches
the realm of miracles! Various
Congressmen estimate that the
budget can be cut anywhere from
nine to thirteen billion dollars.
Budget experts on the other hand
claim it can't be done.
Regarding controls, they state
the government controls will be
eliminated as rapidly as is prac-ticable,
which will include the
President's war powers. Also the
housing program will be investi-gated
plus the reduction in short-ages
of fats, oils, sugar and soap.
More soap perhaps, to clean up the
national muddle!
data'
ifiebitationg
Most of the fruits of the Spirit
can be summed up • in the word
Friendliness. We know how great
a Friend was—and is—our Master.
Friendliness is love brought down
to earth, and of what value is any
spiritual virtue or attainment if it
is not practiced so? How bitter
and tragic were the experiences of
Job, Elijah, Joseph, Isaiah, Paul,
and most other great men of God
— including our Lord Himself —
when they had to say, "No man
stood by me." If Confucious were
a Christian he might have said, "A
true Christian is a true friend."
.Job had three "friends." They
did not bear Job's burdens but
added to them. "They had found
no answer, and yet had condemn-ed
Job" (Job 32:3). Sometimes it
is easier to condemn a friend than
find an answer to his problems!
But Job was a true friend for
"He prayed for his friends" (Job
42 : 10) .
Perhaps we cannot yet be as he
"a friend of publicans and sin-ners,"
but we perhaps can begin
by improving our friendliness to
those around us where we are.
The proof of self sacrifice to God
is sacrifice to others. Then shall
we be yet more like Him, "A
friend that sticketh closer than a
brother."
dear boss
i give you the small hello you
lowlife ingrate you corperation
souled shylock you bloated capi-talist
if things had been left to you i
wouldnt have had any thanksgiv-ing
at all luckily some kind friends
in chicago sent me a whole cookie
last week look im laughing
and you wouldnt do me even the
simple favor of breaking it up i
think ill quit then youll be sorry
even if youc subscribers wont
boss why ‘do you let such people
as cal bigfeet into your office he
never looks where he steps and
types up the corniest jokes and
poems then he leaves them in the
typewriter does he expect you to
n the (Carpet
By President Wingblade
Has it ever occurred to you what
infinite possibilities lie vested un-der
God—in your one life?
It was the bard of Avon who
pointed out how far one little
candle could cast its beams. "So
shines a good deed in a naughty
world." One little match can set
a vast rubbish heap or an apart-ment
building ablaze, — and one
man, afire with God, can set a
country side aglow.
When the torch of persecution
was being applied to the consecrat-ed
bodies of Latimer and Ridley,
the former spake those immortal
words: "Be of good cheer, friend
Ridley, for this day we shall light
such a fire in England as shall
never be put out." And so we can-not
emphasize too strongly what
God can do with one man who is
unreservedly submitted to His
light and leading.
The Bible tells us that the spirit
of man is the candle of the Lord.
Once lit by the Holy Spirit, that
candle burns and sets other human
spirits aglow—ad infinitum. And
so we have the haystack prayer
meetings of the Williams college
students, which flamed around the
world in modern missions—and is
still burning in countless young
lives today.
We believe that there are many
hearts at Bethel this year that
have been thus kindled and will
thus flame forth as integral parts
of God's eternal purpose for men—
for time and eternity.
Dorm Furnished
As Memorials
Contributions sufficient to fur-nish
several double rooms, the li-brary
and the lounge of the new
men's dormitory have been so far
received. These gifts are in the
form of memorials given by rela-tives
of men killed in the war.
Churches have also contributed.
Plaques will be hung in the
rooms giving the particulars of the
memorial. About 30 rooms remain
to be finished.
print such graybearded stuff as
there is meter in rhyme
there is meter in tone
but the best kind of meter
is to meter alone
tell him the clarion is a high-class
paper
say boss next time you go down
to the hospital lab bring me back
a handful of brains
look if you want to improve the
paper why dont you ask people to
write letters to the editor maybe
therell be some you can print and
people will get loads off their
chests
but no youre probably too thick-headed
to try it why dont you take
a mouthful of water and sit on a
stove till it boils
archie the cockroach
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Something New Chicago Team Defeated by Indians
Chapel Quotes
The work of the Lord Jesus will
remain solid and pure. There are
more Christians in Assam than
correspondingly in the rest of In
dia. They love the Lord and it's
a joy to be in India with the Chris
tians. Herman Tegenfeldt
There is only one thing that can
harden the human heart as can
sin. It comes unconsciously to do
things that break up the hard
heart and then sow the seed.
Walter Olson
When prayer is secret, humble
and definite then it is successful.
Paul Meyer
The daily experience with Christ
makes the day different.
Walter Olson
Be not conformed to this world
but be ye conformed to Christ
only. Live a Christ-like life; have
the Gold of the Gospel in your
hands. Anderson
He helps us not only in our cru-cial
times and needs, but also on
our everyday needs. Christ will
abide in us if we abide in him.
Walk a life that's worthy of him
who loves and loved us enough to
die for us.
Reuben Holm
You must have a goal for your
life; a conviction concerning life;
and you must have a captain of
your life. Let Christ be your cap-tain.
Lloyd Sprecher
Glorify God by praise, consecra-tion,
fruit bearing and good works.
Return to God the glory and praise
that is due to him.
Semiens
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Harold Christensen, sophomore
class president, is literally "sprout-ing
wings." A hobby that is pay-ing
off is his piloting. Chris spent
three and a half years in the Ar-my
Air Corps, and during that
time decided on his lifework. He
intends to go into the field of mis-sionary
aviation the Lord willing.
Muskegon, Michigan is Chris'
home town, where he is a member
of the Lakeside Baptist Church.
Before he joined the service he
worked as an accountant for an
engineering company and attended
Muskegon Junior College.
This past summer Chris was
kept busy flying with the Victory
Sky Pilots at the Bible Conference
in Winona Lake, Indiana.
His plans for further education
are necessarily very tentative de-pending
on where he • can receive
training in this new field of Chirs-tian
service. He hopes to attend
Bob Jones College next year in
further preparation for the Lord's
service.
Sem Is Quiet As
Last Men Move
Into New Dorm
The living quarters in the base
ment of the Seminary has had an
appreciable loss in inhabitants
with the completion of the first
floor of the Men's Dormitory.
There remain but about a dozen.
Those remaining are waiting for
the completion of the Married
Couple's Apartments so that they
can occupy rooms in the Seminary
Dorm now being occupied by the
married couples. Two men re
maining in the "Rat-hole" by
which it is known, are waiting for
the apartments to be finished so
that they and their wives can
move in.
There was however some excite
ment before the men left for their
new home. A fortnight ago some-one
suggested getting some ice
cream to eat although it was after
eleven in the evening. They were
still eating ice cream at one
o'clock in the morning. For two
days the fad for eating even turn-ed
to such things as pickled her
ring and pigs feet. One fellow was
heard saying, after the feast "That
tasted good even if it did kick up
quite a stink."
Special Evangelistic services are
being held at Bethany Baptist
Church, St. Paul, in the weeks
from January 5 through January
19. Dr. M. R. Siemans from the
First Baptist Church in Eau Claire
will be the speaker. Prayer is re-quested
for these meetings.
His intensive conce—tration on
being congenial to everyone alike
has undoubtedly won Bob Nelson
his office of freshman class press
dent. He bases his admirable trait
on his life verse I Peter 2:9:
"That ye should show forth the
praises of Him who hath called
you out of darkness into His mar-velous
light."
Bob hails from Des Moines, Io-wa,
originally, but more recently
from a stretch of duty in the Na-vy.
He attended Bethel in 1943
but quit to enlist in the service.
He felt called to the ministry in
1941 while at a youth camp in
Iowa, and in 1943 felt a more defi-nite
leading to the foreign field.
At present, he is intent only on
finishing school and letting the
Lord lead as He will.
In the Penn Avenue Baptist
Church in Des Moines, Bob held
the position of vice president of
the B. Y. P. U., and in August of
this year was elected president of
the Iowa State Young People.
Coffee Shop Does
Rushing Business
Approximately 5 0 0 customers
keep happy in Bethel's Coffee
Shop by consuming 300 cheerios
daily and varying amounts of cake,
pie, coffee and candy.
"Just after Chapel" is the busi-est
time, according to Mrs. Gus
Lundberg, proprietor. Students
dash in for a cup of coffee and a
hurried bismark, but often linger
to hear the last campus news and
wind up by ordering pie a la mode.
They manage to keep Mrs. Lund
berg and six helpers working to
meet their needs in the course of
a week. Gay spirits usually pre-vail
and patrons willingly return
dirty dishes to the counter.
Commuting students bring their
lunches and settle comfortably
while they munch amid the clatter
and chatter of the place. Tables
occasionally do service as ros-trums
upon which aspiring soloists
contribute such choice classics as
"Home on the Range." Confusing,
but amusing . . . don't shove . . .
Next please .. .
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gram of games. The program was
in the charge of Martha and Bert
Rutan, Ruth Bridges and Phyllis
Ashbaugh, while Bill Brice and
Bernie Thurson were responsible
for the decorations.
Closing the evening with devo-tions,
Professor Swan Engwall,
who is the Faculty Adviser to the
group, gave what is to be the first
of a series of meditations on the
lines of the hymn "Take Time Tb
Be Holy."
Future meetings of the Club will
be held at convenient centers in
the cities.
Pre- season Game
Evenly Matched
Friday, November 22, the Bethel
Indians defeated an Edgewater
Baptist team from Chicago by a
score of 49-41. The contest was
typical of many pre-season games.
Numerous shots were missed by
both teams and the passing was
erratic. The conference standing
will not be affected by this - game.
Dischinger opened the scoring
for Bethel, but Yates of Edgewa-ter
sank a right-handed shot to tie
the score. Neither team was able
to build a substantial lead, and at
halftime Edgewater led 22-20. Dur-ing
the third quarter the Red and
White tallied 14 points while hold-ing
the church team to 8.
Early in the fourth period Edge-water
came within two points of
tying the score but baskets by
Sandberg, Sandin, E. Johnson, and
R. Johnson gave Bethel an 8 point
lead.
Wesiberg and K. Wahlgren led
the losers in scoring with 12 and
10 .points .respectively. Sandin,
captain and guard, led an evenly
distributed scoring column with 3
field goals and 2 gift shots. Sub-stitutions
were frequent through-out
the game. The Bethel players
made 7 free throws out of 14 at-tempts
and were called on 14 in-fractions.
Edgewater had 10 fouls
.called and made 9 out of 17 free
throws.
Tuesday morning, Nov. 19, all
the men were asked to leave the
chapel and a program was present-ed
to the girls by the B. W. A.
Becky Iosty, president of the or-ganization,
spoke for a few min-uets
on the purpose of the B. W.
A. and presented the officers and
cabinet members.
Dr. G. A. Hagstrom spoke to the
men of the school in the gym. His
topic was in regard to the respon-sibility
of men in the world.
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A. Yon, and Allitsen will be sung
by Miss Norlander while Mr. Gum-meson
will play- several of his own
arrangements of famous hymn
tunes.
Miss Adora Norlander, who has
inspired many Youth for Christ
audiences, has a testimony in
words as well as in song. She be-gan
singing for Youth for Christ
just two years ago today. George
Wilson had heard her sing in
church and had asked her to sing
and give her testimony on a Youth
for Christ program one Saturday
night. After her first appearance
she was signed up as staff soloist.
Miss Norlander accepted Christ
during Bible school at the age of
13 and her hope is that she will be
able to keep her voice for the Lord
for many years to come. She re-lated
an experience that occured
within this last year that convinc-ed
her that the Lord wants to USt3
her. Often she has had to request
absence from her employment at
the telephone company to travel to
Youth for Christ engagements and
each time such leave was given to
her. She was promoted to one of
the highest ranking jobs in the
company on condition that she
would be unable to secure these
leaves. Miss Norlander having tir-ed
of traveling continually and
thrilled with the promotion ac-cepted.
For four days and four
nights she had no peace. Before
she was able to talk with her su-pervisor,
he told her he knew she
didn't want the job under those
circumstances, and remarked too,
that he had noticed a change in
her since she had accepted the
position.
Axel Gummeson, one of the art-ists
for the Semi-formal Concert,
December 6th, is the former piano
student of Miss Alice R. Anderson.
Axel studied for six years and
then, like most men, his career
was interrupted by the war. He
spent 33 months in the 9th Army
overseas. During this time, he pur-sued
his career by continually
practicing. When Lt. Gen. Simp-son
of the American 9th Army
held a dinner at Brunswick, Ger-many
in honor of the commanding
General of the Russian 33rd Ukra-nian
Army, Axel presented a
short concert for the occasion.
At the present time, he is at-tending
the University of Minne-sota.
His curriculum consists of
History of Music, Mediaeval His-tory
and Norwegian. Besides, he
is kept busy using his talent in
Christian services and other ap-propriate
occasions in the twin
cities.
Axel is truly a born musician.
Among the numbers on the pro-gram
for the concert there will be
three of his own compositions:
"Mystic Pool," "Impromptu in A
Minor," "Theme and Variations on
Varmland," and "Malaguena-Lecu-ona."
THAT the faculty were unable
to join the St. Paul school-teach-ers'
strike because time was • too
short for Mr. Malmstein to launcn
a special appeal for the purchase
of sandwich-boards for the pickets.
THAT Prof. Norstrom has a sci-entific
solution to the John Lewis
problem. He would use as a source
of heat the hot air liberated by the
politicians in their electioneering
reactions. While the Student
Council is considering the idea
the Professor is going ahead with
two bunsen burners as an alterna-tive
method of heating the labora-tory.
THAT Prof. Anderson includes
Cupid among the catalysts because
he causes a reaction but does not
take part in it.
THAT so keen were the French
students that they paid for their
test papers as well as completing
them.
THAT a cat attended the history
lecture but a dog turned up for
the quiz period.
Students Hear
Wallace Party .
The triple - octave chimes, one
of the six such instruments in the
world, was heard at the chapel
session on November 15th when
the Rev. and Mrs. Niel Wallace
. were present with some of their
musical instruments. The party,
which included Miss D. Hamilton,
was introduced by Mr. Ellsworth,
of the St. Paul Union Gospel Mis-sion,
under whose auspices the mu-sicians
were visiting the city. A
program including selections on
the chimes and on the vibra-harp
was greatly appreciated and the
interest of students was evidenced.
Dischinger Is
Proud Father
John Dischinger, a freshman in
the college, became the father of a
boy, Roger Curtis, on November 8.
By the time that John got home
his son was already 9 hours old,
however John remained at home
with his wife and son for several
days. He will be staying at Bethel
alone until the Married Couple's
Apartments are completed. His
wife, Frances, and son, Roger, will
be staying in Chicago.
John said, "The responsibilities
as a father rest heavily on my
shoulders."
His wife lived at the Chicago
Klingberg Children's Home for
eight years. John met her at Em-erald
Baptist Church in Chicago.
THAT examination week recall-ed
the declaration made by Dean
Carlson at the beginning of the
quarter that going to school was a
full union week.
THAT Miss Berglund's explana-tion
of the preterite tense is "the
bell rang, and then stopped rang-ing."
THAT Dean Carlson's opinion
that exam week is one of greatest
mirth raises protest—me thinks he
is confusing mirth with hysteria.
THAT even a draft dodger could
never tie Mr. Engwall's experience
with the armed forces. In 1917 he
volunteered as an ambulance driv-er,
but wasn't accepted because he
wasn't an American citizen yet. He
went to the Swedish Consul, but
they rejected him, because he had
his first papers for American citi-zenship.
Even the French Consul
couldn't help. When his draft num-ber
came up, he was •a minister
and wasn't called. He applied for
a chaplaincy—his papers of accep-tance
arrived. When? The day the
armistice was signed!
All new seminary students have
been individually interviewed by
the faculty this week, in line with
an annual custom.
Dec. 6—Semi-Formal Concert
Dec. 8—Bethel Day at Bethlehem,
Baptist
Dec. 9—Basketball (Beth el at
Worthington)
Dec. 10—Alexis
—Faculty-Staff outing
Dec. 13—M issionary Band
Dec. 14—Basketball (Northwestern
at Bethel—men and girls)
—Mpls. Youth For Christ
(Christmas Choral Program)
Dec. 19—Basketball ( B et h e 1 at
Concordia)
Dec. 20-5:30 P.M. Christmas va-cation
begins
LeRoy Hagstrom, a student of
the college, has discontinued his
studies here to return to his form-er
occupation in the machinest
trade. He will make his home in
Hamden, Conn., with his wife and
child.
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